The 610-B Tube Preamp and EQ plug-in will impart your tracks with the same legendary warmth and character of the classic hardware unit used to track everyone from Duke Ellington to Coldplay. By emulating the entire signal path, including tube amplifiers, transformers, and circuit nonlinearities, the 610-B Tube Preamp and EQ plug-in injects glowing detail and saturation to any signal.

Fairchild 670 (Legacy)

The world’s most coveted compressor, the classic Fairchild 670 tube limiter will give your tracks and mixes unmistakable tube warmth and character. Whether you’re looking for subtle compression on a lead vocal, or grittier textures that can work on guitars, bass, or a drum bus, the Fairchild 670 plug-in will add a classic “glow” to anything you run through it.

UA Precision Enhancer Hz

Expertly dial-in your music’s low-end frequencies with the Precision Enhancer Hz plug-in. Able to yield exacting results with minimal adjustment, the Precision Enhancer Hz can add weight to kick drum samples, fatten up a synth bass, or simply make the low-end of your tracks more audible on smaller speakers.

1176SE/LN Classic Limiting Amplifiers (Legacy)

Get classic, ultra-fast FET compression from the world’s most recognized compressor. The 1176 will impart punch, presence, and character as well as its signature distortion overtones on drums, vocals, guitars, and bass. The 1176SE and its later LN version have graced countless recordings, from Led Zeppelin, the White Stripes, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Pultec Pro Equalizers (Legacy)

Universal Audio’s Pultec Pro Legacy plug-in combines the Pultec MEQ-5 Midrange Equalizer and the Pultec EQP-1A Program Equalizer, two of the most sought-after hardware EQs, into a single plug-in. The MEQ-5 EQ section allows you to boost and cut midrange bands with the same silky smoothness and personality of the original hardware while the EQP-1A imparts warm analog character to a single track or an entire mix — even when bypassed.

Teletronix LA-2A Classic Leveling Amplifier (Legacy)

With its gentle, program dependent optical compression and meticulously designed tube amplifier, the LA-2A is the go-to compressor for professional mixers around the world — especially for vocals. Incredibly easy-to-use Peak Reduction and Gain controls gives you the ideal optical compression sound for vocals, bass, drums and more.

RealVerb Pro is a flexible, natural sounding reverb that is based on our own unique set of algorithms. Allowing you to design the room just as you hear it, the RealVerb Pro goes beyond the barriers of simply big/small or dark/bright, giving you our trademark, distortion-free, smoothing diffusion control and ultra-long reverb tail.

Peter Kirn

Garrett Haines

(Tape Op Magazine)

"Universal Audio’s achievements in capturing the sonics of equalization, transformers, and control interaction need to be recognized. This goes beyond software models; they’re getting to the heart of the gear."

Matt Knobel

(Lenny Kravitz)

"The family of effects that I have with my UAD-2 is incomparable with any other when it comes to working in the box yet having an 'out of boxy experience'."

Garrett "Jacknife" Lee

(R.E.M., The Cars)

"I @#$%ing love my UAD-2 card! Doing my first proper mix [The Cars] with it. Wow! How did i do without it?"

Jose Cancela & Amy Marie Beauchamp

(HBO Sports, NFL, NBA)

“The UAD-2 has time and time again given sterile samples warmth, depth and brilliance."

Paul Moak

(Third Day, Matthew Mayfield)

"The flexibility is priceless and has won me over on UAD for life. Thanks for making a great product!"

Greg Parkin

(Capitol Studios & Mastering)

“It is fitting that UA continues to provide a platform for our engineers to innovate."

Hank Shocklee

(Public Enemy)

“I like to use the UAD plug-ins to their extremes and push them to get the crazy sound I use to set my productions apart."

Jono Buchanan

Future Music (UK)

"The accuracy & quality of [UA's] recent additions [shows] their recreations of classic hardware are only improving."

Ivan Barias

(Musiq Soulchild)

"UAD is my new secret weapon in the studio. I get everything to sound the way I always wanted, way before the mixing."

Ivan Barias

(Keyshia Cole, 2Pac)

"Before UAD life in the studio was like television before HD. Everything sounds incredibly detailed now."

John Paterno

(Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt)

"This [UAD-2] is a 'game changer' for me ... The sound, responsiveness, and detail [of the plug-ins] are great!"

Nathaniel Kunkel

(Lyle Lovett, Nirvana)

"With the UAD-2, UA has provided something that I have been missing from my plugs for a long time: inspiration."

J.J. Blair

(Rod Stewart, George Benson)

"I was never into mixing completely in the box until I started using UAD cards ... I'm loving it more and more."

Jim Dalrymple

(The Loop)

"[I use] the Fairchild Compressor, Neve 1081, Neve 1073, LA-2A and the 1176 Compressor. They all give you something different."

Jim Dalrymple

(Macworld)

"While there are a lot of plug-in choices [on the market], I have found none better than Universal Audio."

Eli Janney

(Wilco, Wheat)

"I’m heavily into the [UAD-2] cards. They just sound really, really good ... the new cards give you a lot of horsepower."

Vance Powell

(The Raconteurs, Jars of Clay)

"The UAD-2 is the first plug-in set that replaces gear I own, hardware-wise, and that's a big deal."

John Baccigaluppi

(TapeOp Magazine)

"[With the UAD-2] ... everything worked perfectly with the sonic quality we’ve come to expect from the UAD series."

Elliot Mazer

(Neil Young)

"I can mix anyplace with my UAD-2 SOLO/Laptop. I get to use the same UAD plug-ins on my portable that I use on my big MacPro."

Stuart Price

(The Killers)

"You judge [the UAD-2] by how many people you recommend it to, and everyone I have worked with has now gone and got one."

Gavin Monaghan

(The Twang)

"I'd never even think of tackling a session without UAD plug-ins."

Charlie Clouser

(NIN, "Saw" Soundtracks)

"The UAD-2 provides so much DSP that I can really lay the plug-ins on thick without giving it a second thought"

Nathaniel Kunkel

(James Taylor, Lyle Lovett)

"The thing that I feel no one's really talking about is that this [the UAD-2] is a paradigm shift."

Frank Filipetti

(James Taylor, Rod Stewart)

“I wish more companies paid attention to what you guys are doing at UA ... it's right on the money."

Ulrich Wild

(Pantera)

"The new UAD-2 cards are extremely powerful ... I completely abandoned analog gear for mixing and I rely heavily on this system"

Ryan West

(Kanye West, T.I., T-Pain)

"I'm not sure what mathematical voodoo they do over there [at UA], but I like it and I won't mix without it."

David Grissom

(Mellencamp, Buddy Guy)

"The UAD-2 plug-ins have become the backbone of my mixes ... I've been able to eliminate my console altogether."

Frank Filipetti

(Carly Simon)

"I go to my UAD plug-ins just as naturally as I do any hardware ... UAD is now an essential part of my mixing arsenal"

Hank Shocklee

(Public Enemy)

"I can surely say that working with the UAD family of plug-ins has greatly increased the sound of my projects"

Rik Simpson

(Coldplay)

"The sound of the UAD software is the closest thing in analog modeling ... it actually sounds like the real gear."

Frank Filipetti

(Carly Simon, Korn)

"I don't need anything else to mix with, other than the UAD plug-ins. Everything else I use is hardware."

Nathaniel Kunkel

(Sting)

"I use my UAD cards every time I mix ... the quality of the plug-ins make mixing 'in the box' not only easier, but really fun."

Paul Moak

(Third Day, Matthew Mayfield)

"As an analog junkie and an audiofile, this [UAD-2] is the best of both worlds for me."

Ryan Hewitt

(Red Hot Chili Peppers)

"So now I have my UAD on everything, and I'm using the EMT 140 and the EMT 250 as effects. It's so much easier."

Neil Mclellan

(TapeOp)

"I've recommended the UAD platform to all of my friends, and once they heard it, there was no looking back."

John Paterno

(Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt)

"The sound of these [UAD Powered Plug-Ins] will definitely change the way I approach mixing in the computer."

D. James Goodwin

(The Bravery)

"UAD plug-ins are my new benchmark for how processors should sound, look, and function.”

Paul White

(Sound On Sound)

"[Cooper Time Cube, EMT 250, or FATSO] ... for the real vintage character, I don't think UA have any rivals at the moment."

J.J. Blair

(Rod Stewart, George Benson)

"Way to go, Universal Audio! Thanks for helping me achieve the sounds in the box that I really want to hear."

D. James Goodwin

(The Bravery)

"When I finally decided to try the UAD platform, I was immediately floored by the realism. These things sounded amazing."

Ed MacFarlane

(Friendly Fires)

"[I use] the 6176 as my preamp & compressor, and I've been using the UAD plug-ins once the track's in the computer."

User Ratings

I've used several Pultec plugins from different brands and UA is the BEST out of all.
It's based on my personal preference and UA version had most Punchy low end.
For the price, it is definitely one of the must have plugins. Read More

I will never ever have the money, to buy a REAL one, and so i don't know, if it sounds REAL...
But how cares about that. The Pultec Plugins are Great! And that's the only thing that matters for me!
I use it on every guitar, bass, and sometimes on vocals and busses and it works just so… Read More

After I read an article where Tchad Blake said he ALWAYS had a Pultec (hardware) in his vocal chain, I knew I needed to give this thing another shot. I always liked the sound but couldn't figure out what it was doing. I read the online manual for Manley's hardware Pultec and it started to… Read More